Thomas W Rugh

Military
media-14481.jpeg UPL 14481 Crew #528
Richard L. Bates Crew
466th BG - 785th BS

Standing Left to Right: Clifford Duke (B), Russell Satterfield (N), Richard L. Bates (P), Raymond Moss (CP)

Kneeling Left to Right: Michael Galat (R/O), Jack Morris (WG), Fred Siegel (E), Solon Whitney (TT), Tom Rugh (TG), Clyde M. Fauley (NG)

This crew completed a 30 mission tour: 30 May 1944 - 10 September 1944 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14481 - Crew #528 Richard L. Bates Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Clifford Duke (B), Russell Satterfield (N), Richard L. Bates (P),...

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard L Bates

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29358

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ol Soak
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Massachusetts, USA 21 December 1923

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 30 January 1943

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 30 May 1944 - 10 September 1944 Completed a 30 mission combat tour

Died

Bar Harbor, ME, USA 9 July 2008

Buried

Augusta, ME 04330, USA 12 July 2008 Maine Mt. Vernon Road Veterans Cemetery Augusta, Kennebec Co., Maine
Rockingham County, NH, USA

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 41

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72452151/thomas-w-rugh

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349

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